William Hamilton
Assistant Dean for Instr & Inn
Associate Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
College of Nursing
Department of Physiological and Technological Nursing
College of Nursing
Department of Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program
James M. Hull College of Business
Department of Hull College of Business
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurosurgery
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
Bio
Dr. Hamilton is the Assistant Dean in the College of Nursing. He has faculty appointments as an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing’s Department of Nursing Practice department and The Graduate School’s Doctor of Nursing Practice and PhD programs. Additionally, he has joint appointments with the Medical College of Georgia and Hull College of Business. His extensive experience also extends to various leadership roles in healthcare organizations and as a founder/operator with a successful healthcare start-up tele-health company.
Education
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EDD, Educational Evaluation and Research
Augusta University, 2020
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MHA, Health/Health Care Administration/Management
Georgia State University, 1991
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MBA, Business/Commerce, General
Georgia State University, 1990
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BA, Economics, General
Emory University, 1987
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BA, History, General
Emory University, 1987
Awards & Honors
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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NURS 7550
Leadership
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NURS 7257
Health Care Management
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NURS 3500
Independent Study
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NURS 9051
DNP Project Inquiry & Change
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NURS 3807
Intro to Nursing Research
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MINF 6620
Mgt. of Information Technology
Teaching Interests
Healthcare Administration, Marketing Research, Economics, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Innovation, Pedagogical Innovation, Educational Change, Health Promotion
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Teaching the business of medicine, 2066
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- The Group-Based Dissertation in Practice: A Journey Worth Taking, 2022
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- REACH Health, Inc.: A startup telemedicine company at the funding crossroads, 2021
Other
- REACH Health, Inc.: A startup telemedicine company at the funding crossroads [, 2016
Other
- Valuing REACH Health, Inc., 2016
Other
Research Interests
Economics, accounting, management, leadership and finance in higher education (e.g. activity based costing, zero based budgeting, resource allocations, performance assessment).
Finances/economics associated with Telehealth systems of care.
Pedagogical innovation.
Educational change.
University Service
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Quality Matters Coordinator
2022 - Present
Role: Other
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Faculty Senate, BAUR Committee
2018 - Present
Role: Chairperson
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Institutional Effectiveness Planning Comittee
2017 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Search Committee - Endowed Chair of Telemedicine
2017 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Data Analytics Committee
2019 - 2020
Professional Service
